POCATELLO, Idaho -Â Nevada men's tennis split its matches Friday in Pocatello, Idaho, falling, 6-1, to host Idaho State before defeating Linfield University, 4-0, late at night.
In the opener, Nevada dropped the doubles point, and, in singles play, only
Satchel Benn, at No. 4, was victorious. Benn continued his strong start to the season with a 6-4, 6-4 win over the Bengals' (3-4) Hiroki Fujita.
In the nightcap, the Pack (8-2) rolled to a quick 4-0 win over Linfield University. After capturing all three doubles matches for the opening point, Nevada got three quick singles wins from
Matheo Coupu (6-3, 6-1),
Delmas N'Tcha (6-0, 6-1), and
Ambroise Marchand (6-0, 6-1) to clinch the match.
Nevada returns to action Sunday, visiting Utah for a 4 p.m. PT match.
Idaho State 6, Nevada 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Patrik Trhac/Aleksandar Petrovic (ISU) def.
Juan Batalla/
Matheo Coupu (NEV) 7-5
No. 2 -
Loris Zisswiller/
Satchel Benn (NEV) vs. Patrick Kristensen/Andreas Kramer (ISU) 5-6, unfinished
No. 3 - Ege Cankus/Hiroki Fujita (ISU) def.
Daniel Dudockin/
Ambroise Marchand (NEV) 6-4
Singles
No. 1 - Trhac (ISU) def. Coupu (NEV) 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 - Petrovic (ISU) def. Batalla (NEV) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 3 - Kramer (ISU) def. Dudockin (NEV) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 - Benn (NEV) def. Fujita (ISU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 - Kristensen (ISU) def.
Gilad Tamar (NEV) 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 - Cankus (ISU) def.
Sasha Nicolau (NEV) 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
Nevada 4, Linfield University 0
Doubles
No. 1 -
Loris Zisswiller/
Satchel Benn (NEV) def. Rogue Stone/Nick Gabelman (LU) 6-2
No. 2 -
Ambroise Marchand/
Gilad Tamar (NEV) def. Isaac Milner/Matous Young (LU) 6-2
No. 3 -
Sasha Nicolau/
Delmas N'Tcha (NEV) def. Cody Pickar/Abraham Solomon (LU) 6-1
Singles
No. 1 -
Matheo Coupu (NEV) def. Stone (LU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 - N'Tcha (NEV) def. Gabelman (LU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 - Marchand (NEV) def. Young (LU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 - Zisswiller (NEV) vs. Milner (LU) unfinished
No. 5 - Tamar (NEV) vs. Pickar (LU) unfinished
No. 6 - Nicolau (NEV) vs. Solomon (LU) unfinished